Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-13

A force of men is at work eYcayatipp
for the extension of the water mains on
Walnut street.
The regular meeting of the w. O. T.
U. will be held Tomorrow afternoon at
3 O'clock at the NJ. Il. church.
MIR. and Mrs. Henry Balmet, gave q
dancing party at their home last evening
which was much enjoyed by the guests.
The board of commissioners of. Yank-
ton county offer q reward of $500 for
the detection of the party who purloined
the missing local option petitions.
The board of county commissioners
were busy yesterday forenoon in can.
ceiling the county warrants which have
been paid during the past six months.
The warrants represented about $4,000.
Sheriff BoYee, of Union county, came
TO Yankton to-day and returned with r.
Chamberlain an incursbly insane man
whose friends want HIM at home In Elk
Point The treatment at the asylum
could do no good.
The board of trade of this city recent
ly addressed a long and strong letter to
Governor Church concerning the Yapk-
ton asylum matters, and asking him to
approve the plans for the new wings.
The board has as yet received no reply
to this epistle, and all reports to the
contrary are contradioted.
The Yankton county representation to
the state convention at Huron left for
the scene of the convention this morn
ing. Some OF the delegates elected at
the county convention were unable to
go, and ID. r. Wilcox, who was not a
delegate, went armed with five proxies,
which he will vote solid for the Camp
bell plan.
WI Martin, the gentleman who has
Tor some years held the position of train
dispatcher Of this division of the Mil
yankee road with headquarters at Sioux
City, has been compelled by ill health
to rest from his LAHORE, and he has beer
succeeded by w. NJ. King, q man of
ability. Mr.. Martin goes to California
to spend o year. The operators OF this
division will miss the peculiar "cliok"
which MIR. Martin sends over a tele-
graph wire. Z
Sales in Taylor and Sargents addition
have been made as follows; Lots s, 6, 7
and s. block ~, Eugene Weber; lots IL,
8 and 4 block 10, Louis Klotz; lots ID, IA
Is and 16, block 10, F. j. Kahn; lots 6,
Z, 8, 8 and 10, block 6, William Brett,
Mason City, lows; lots 5, g. and 8. block
II, William Brett, Mason City, Iowa.
These lots are selling for 500 each and
are selling with surprising rapidity. p.
nj. O,Brlen, the rustling real estate man,
has e~xolusive control of this addition.
A Huron railroad man was in Yankton
recently and during his visit he had
occasion to visit the asylum. He evil
IDENTIFY drought that the institution ives
managed III a creditable manner for on
his return to the city he knocked the
breath clear out of q certain individual
who has been spending his time endeav-
orIng to secure q change in the manage.
ment OF the asylum by saying "any mar
who says that that asylum is not vel
'bossed' oughtto be subjected to o scat Of
tar and feathers. That Di. Oravens knows
what he is doing and don't you forget
it,
A sound minded democrat OF Yanktor
gives the following version OF the mat
ter OF the non-approyal of the plans fol
the asylum winge by Governor Church
The governor has been told that If be
held off, local desire for having th,
building 90 on would make life SO nm
pleasant for the present. board oil
trustees that they would resign ant
make way for a board which would bs
more in sympathy with she local admin
istrGsion, to wit, 9 board which would
depoas the present management of th,
asylum and substitute democrats. Tn,
democrstw who tells this has been re